Bespoke Learning

Bespoke learning is for people who need to learn how to do a range of things that you might not find on a single course

Computer courses tend to be a bit general. You usually take a course in a specific bit of software, split into beginner, intermediate and advanced sub-courses. But what if you just need to know how to e.g set up a letterhead in Word, sort out your auto signature, create an expenses sheets and put a small website together quickly without having to learn how to write code. It might be a pick ‘n’ mix of all sorts of things across all sorts of software.

Well there is no reason why you should not be able to cut a swathe across all these things. In fact it a good idea. There is an 80:20 dynamic to all this. 80% of what you need from any bit of software is available from 20% of its total functionality. It is a better  idea to decide what you need to get from a range of programs, draw a line round them all and learn how to those things.

You could set up your stationery in Word, create a gallery online for your relatives to look at the family snaps, set up some calendar  birthday reminders, to jog you into getting presents on time, whatever you want. You can tell me what you are trying to achieve, I can help you understand what is possible, then we can put a collection of things together and I will teach you how to do them. Whatever you want, you name it. 

In fact that just about covers it “You name it” and I will teach you how to do it and provide materials and backup in case you forget anything.

With thanks to my cousin Ali for this great idea. Ali is a teacher and, by all accounts, a very good one. So good, that she stopped being a teacher and now advises education authorities all over the country about implementing healthy food standards, not least in Yorkshire where she is based.